Is San Pedro Perulapán safe? El Salvador travel risk
Is San Pedro Perulapán safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
San Pedro Perulapán scores 52/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates El Salvador Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 25 Jun 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
San Pedro Perulapán scores 52/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and El Salvador (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to San Pedro Perulapán: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (50/100) and natural hazards (81/100).
A score of 52 is higher than the scores of 70% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the El Salvador travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Cuscatlán at 13.7667° N, 89.0333° W, San Pedro Perulapán lies 18.7 km WSW of San Salvador. Time zone: UTC.
Cuscatlán
13.7667° N, 89.0333° W
Lowland
UTC
44,730
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in El Salvador
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (32 °C avg high); Wettest: September (285 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 30° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° |
| Low °C | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 4 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 182 | 254 | 209 | 230 | 285 | 193 | 48 | 5 |
Normals: San Salvador (18.7 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Volcanoes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Most flood events within 100 km of San Pedro Perulapán happened in June and September (8 of 19 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
11 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.5 on 19 Jul 2023 (149 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.5 on 13 Aug 2026 (147 km away) — USGS details
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